Harmonizing data to achieve precision medicine

Harmonizing data to achieve precision medicine

Becker’s Spine Review featured an interview with Gary Palgon, Liaison Technologies’ Vice President of Healthcare and Life Sciences Solutions – Because personalized medicine requires massive amounts of data, interoperability proves critical to achieving this method of care. “How can you understand the largest population and the individual if all of these different data sources are out there?” asks Palgon. “The world of healthcare is trying to bring that data together, but they’re really not sharing it.” Palgon recommends organizations adopt a data-centric view. “The key is access to data — if we lower the bar to [how we] share data, we can get where we want to be with personalized medicine.”Read more . . .